COURSE SYLLABUS
Course Title: Language Testing Credit: 3 Credit hours
Instructor: Dr. Didi Sukyadi, MA
Course Description
This course is designed to broaden your perspective on language testing. You will be introduced to basic principles of language testing and be introduced with language testing in Indonesian contexts whether in elementary, secondary and tertiary education, whether in formal or informal education institutions. Then, you will be asked to choose certain topics in language testing that interest you most. You will try to deepen and broaden your understanding about the topics and share them with your peers through classroom presentation. In addition, you will also be required to design and construct a test, try it out and analyse it using relevant procedures manually or using a certain software.
Course Objectives
At the end of the semester, you are expected to be able to: 1) explain some basic principles in language testing.
2) analyze language testing problems and issues in Indonesia 3) construct a test batteries and analyze it.
Course Assessment
1) Kehadiran: 80%, weight: 15%
2) Assignment (test development and validation) 25% 3) UTS: 25%
4) UAS: 35%
Course Topics
01) Teaching and testing language 02) Testing principles
15) Report on assignment progress 16) Final test
References:
Brown, Douglas H. (2004). Language Assessment: Principles and Classroom Practices. New York: Longman
Fulcher, Glenn and Fred Davidson (2007). Language Testing and Assessment: An Advanced Resource Book. Oxford: Routledge.
